Data Matters

JANUARY 28, 2022

Like an incident response plan, MFA has become a critical element of cybersecurity programs. Organizations can use the logs to look for password spray activity, identify unusual activity in dormant accounts, or identify when an IP address is not consistent with the user’s expected location. The post U.S.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 29, 2022

Web application attacks directed at organizations’ web and mail servers continue to take the lead in cybersecurity incidents. This is according to Verizon’s latest 2022 Data Breach Investigations Report ( DBIR ). Brute forcing passwords (10 percent) came in third. Brute forcing passwords. Shifting exposures.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Ask A Stupid Question Day: The Cybersecurity Edition. No matter how long you have worked in the cybersecurity industry, hardly a week goes by without a new acronym appearing in a communication. Here are two of our favorites by Infosec blogger John Oppdenaker on Twitter: My password was hacked. How do I change my password?".

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Security Affairs

JULY 23, 2021

There was no need for a password or login credentials to access this information, and the data was not encrypted. Among these, 28 appeared to be properly configured (meaning they weren’t accessible), and 86 were accessible without any password nor encryption. What Data Was Left Vulnerable? What’s Happening? million files.

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Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 24, 2022

million settlement for violations of the Cybersecurity Regulation (23 NYCRR Part 500) that contributed to the exposure of hundreds of thousands of consumers’ health data in connection with a cybersecurity event in 2020.

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Adapture

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Top Cybersecurity Threats in 2022 The threat of cybersecurity attacks is continuing to evolve. Organizations need to take the proper steps now to protect themselves from cybersecurity threats in 2022. Businesses on the cutting edge of cybersecurity are already preparing for the next generation of cybersecurity threats.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 6, 2021

Your employers might be able to provide you with specific directions on how to handle certain aspects of your cybersecurity. Here are some cybersecurity best practices tips that apply more than ever when it comes to remote workers carrying out their duties securely. Use strong passwords. Secure home router.

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Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2023

La Malle Postale, a transportation company serving hikers on popular hiking trails in France, leaked personal data and private messages of their clients. The Cybernews research team has discovered a data leak on La Malle Postale’s system that exposed the personal data of their clients.

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Security Affairs

JULY 15, 2020

CyberNews reported the discovery of an unsecured Amazon S3 bucket containing users’ passports, driver’s licenses and other personal data. The post New Zealand property management company leaks 30,000 users’ passports, driver’s licenses and other personal data appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Troy Hunt

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

I'll be speaking at NDC in Sydney next week (it's all about "How I Met Your Data") I'll also be at the Azure Sydney User Group (this one is "Cloud-Enhanced Cybersecurity Tales from the Dark Web") Spoutible's spurted deluge of personal data (how much data does it need to be before it's a deluge?

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 19, 2024

“Based on VF’s preliminary analysis from its ongoing investigation, VF currently estimates that the threat actor stole personal data of approximately 35.5 VF Corp also added that it has found no evidence that customer passwords were stolen. million individual consumers.” ” concludes the Form 8-K.

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 15, 2021

The SEC charged First American with failure to maintain disclosure controls and procedures designed to ensure that all available, relevant information concerning a software vulnerability that led to a cybersecurity incident was filed with the Commission.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The Cybernews research team has discovered that their personal data was exposed in a leak. They recommend immediately terminating any active sessions on the device by logging off from the service, changing passwords, and making sure there are no reused passwords on multiple accounts.

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IBM Big Data Hub

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

In the simplest sense, a cybersecurity threat, or cyberthreat, is an indication that a hacker or malicious actor is attempting to gain unauthorized access to a network for the purpose of launching a cyberattack. Many password attacks use social engineering to trick victims into unwittingly sharing this sensitive data.

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Hunton Privacy

MARCH 5, 2020

On March 4, 2020, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) fined the international airline Cathay Pacific Airways Limited (“Cathay Pacific”) £500,000 for failing to protect the security of its customers’ personal data. The fine was issued under the Data Protection Act 1998 (the “DPA”) and represents the maximum fine available.

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Hunton Privacy

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

(“Blackbaud”) in connection with alleged security failures that resulted in a breach of the company’s network and access to the personal data of millions of consumers. The FTC also claimed that Blackbaud harmed consumers by waiting to notify its customers of the incident and misleading consumers about the extent of the stolen data.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 15, 2021

This is important because personal privacy is important. If we do not secure these systems, our personal data can end up leaked, such as credit card numbers or addresses or passwords. He says he intends to earn a masters degree in applied cybersecurity, beyond that.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 1, 2018

We don’t yet know the root cause(s) that forced Marriott this week to disclose a four-year-long breach involving the personal and financial information of 500 million guests of its Starwood hotel properties. TO COMPANIES. This involves not only focusing on breach prevention, but at least equally on intrusion detection and response.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 24, 2022

We’re approaching the end of Cyber Security Awareness Month , an annual event dedicated to increasing awareness of cybersecurity topics globally. Data breaches damage trust. The level of this trust varies across countries and continents: Who least trusts digital platforms to hold and process personal data?

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 19, 2023

By neglecting to set a password, a BMW dealer in India has jeopardized the entire network of car dealerships in the country and put its clients at risk. The Cybernews research team has discovered that the Bengaluru branch of BMW Kun Exclusive, a BMW dealership in India, has exposed sensitive data to the public.

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Data Protection Report

JULY 12, 2022

In brief, on April 5, 2021, a security researcher contacted Wegmans about a serious flaw the left some of Wegmans’ customers’ personal data available to the public. The container had a database backup file with over three million records of customer email addresses and account passwords, the latter of which were hashed and salted.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

MARCH 28, 2019

ETSI, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute has released a new cybersecurity standard for consumer Internet of Things devices in February 2019 (TS 103 645). The standard contains thirteen key cyber security recommendations for consumer IoT. These recommendations are: no default passwords. protect personal data.

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Data Protection Report

OCTOBER 24, 2022

The settlement claimed that EyeMed had committed seven violations of the NYDFS Cybersecurity Regulation, including failure to have an appropriate annual risk assessment, failure to implement multifactor authentication (MFA), and failure to implement policies and procedures for secure disposal of personal information. 23 NYCRR § 500.13.

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Security Affairs

MAY 22, 2021

The airline pointed out that neither CVV/CVC numbers associated with the credit cards nor passwords were impacted. ” reads the data breach notification sent to the customers. “This incident affected around 4,500,000 data subjects in the world.

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Adam Levin

JULY 10, 2020

2020 is on the path to becoming a record-breaking year for data breaches and compromised personal data. A recent article released by cybersecurity and antivirus firm Bitdefender shows that 8.4 billion records have already been exposed, and that’s only accounting for the first quarter of 2020. Marriott (5.2

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2022

The company has declared that it will not pay the ransom and hired cybersecurity and forensic experts to investigate the extent of the security breach. The company believes the security breach only impacted an isolated server holding limited data from South African business. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Data breach ).

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Earlier this year, Indonesia joined the ranks with the first four ASEAN countries including Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines and Thailand to have enacted laws relating to personal data protection. Some key provisions in the draft personal data protection law are: Personal Data. General personal data v.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

APRIL 2, 2021

In 2021, more than 50% of the CNIL’s dawn-raids will focus on: (i) websites cybersecurity, (ii) health data protection and (ii) cookies. W ebsites cybersecurity. The CNIL already underlined in 2020 that the cybersecurity of websites was a key issue.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

” The attackers exploited zero-day flaws impacting the SunOS operating system, they gained access to “core technical data” including passwords and the operations of key network devices. According to the CVERC report, NSA TAO was supported by other hacking groups in Europe and South Asia.

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Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 25, 2022

million fine to Interserve Group Limited for failing to keep employee personal data secure, which violates Article 5(1)(f) and Article 32 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), during the period of March 2019 to December 2020. On October 24, 2022, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) issued a £4.4

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 19, 2021

TMobile has now issued a formal apology and offered free identity theft recovery services to nearly 48 million customers for whom the telecom giant failed to protect their sensitive personal information. At the start of this week, word got out that hackers claimed to have seized personal data for as many as 100 million T-Mobile patrons.

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Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 19, 2022

In 2018, attackers targeted Zoetop and stole the credit card information, email addresses and hashed account passwords of certain Zoetop customers. Zoetop discovered the breach after the company was notified by its payment processor with information “indicating that [Zoetop’s] system[s] have been infiltrated and card data stolen.”

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AIIM

JUNE 22, 2018

It’s All About Passwords. Employing the use of strong password policies can curb hacking attempts and stop them in their tracks. That is why it is incredibly important to have a strong password policy that cannot be easily guessed or brute forced. Keep Updated. It’s A Team Effort.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 9, 2021

The company notified via mail hundreds of individuals that were impacted by the security breach and that that have had their personal data exposed in the attack. . CMG immediately launched an investigation with the support of law enforcement, it also hired leading cybersecurity experts to determine the extent of the attack.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

Cyber criminals may damage, destroy, steal, encrypt, expose, or leak data as well as cause harm to a system. CEOs who say that cybersecurity is the biggest threat to short-term growth have doubled in the past year. trillion by 2025, according to the report Cyberwarfare in the C-Suite from Cybersecurity Ventures.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

“At this moment in time, it looks like no emails, passwords, or any personal data were accessed, but we do suggest resetting your password and activate 2FA security,” the company wrote in a blog post. “Luckily, we fought them off well and they did not gain access to any important service.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

And Many More Things To Say… They said : “We protect our customers privacy” But with “P@ssw0rd” for all systems and domain admins” The company discovered the security breach on August 23 and immediately launched an investigation, with the assistance of a cybersecurity team, to determine the extent of the incident.

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